• the alloy of potassium + sodium (NaK) is used as a heat-transfer instrument in nuclear reactors.
  • low-sodium salt has some amounts of potassium
  • potassium nitrate, KNO3, and potassium chlorate, KClO3, are used in fireworks
  • fertilizers - usually as the chloride, sulphate, nitrate, or carbonate of Potassium
  • potassium permanganate, KMnO4, is an important oxidizing agent
  • low-sodium salt has some amounts of potassium
  • potassium hydroxide is used to prepare potassium phosphates for liquid detergents
  • KO2 (potassium oxide) is used in breathing apparatus in which moisture in the breath and carbon dioxide react with it to give away oxygen
  • You Eat it!! ( in order to maintain health)


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